FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2015
Business & Ag
Turn the Page bookstore
reopens with new owners
By Gina K. Swartz
Gina@TheBakerCountyPress.com
In July, Steve Golieb
and his wife Crystal moved
to Baker City.
Wanting to become a
bigger part of their new
community, the opportu-
nity to take over Turn the
Page Used Books seemed
like the right move for
them.
“We wanted a place
where our kids could
come, where we could
all be together instead of
just being at home all the
time,” Golieb, who is also
a land developer said.
The used book store lo-
cated at 2009 1st Street has
undergone a total renova-
tion according to Golieb.
“I’ve painted the walls
and the ceiling, put in new
carpeting. There were
shelves everywhere it was
hard to get around. We
have gone through and
reorganized everything and
we have created sections
with signs for books trying
to help patrons find what
they are looking for.
“We amplified, added
a lot more to the classics
and poetry than there was
before and the sciences and
the history and especially
the outdoors and sporting
stuff, there wasn’t much
of that. We also have some
new age books and natural
healing books offering
a lot more variety than I
think there was before,”
he said.
“We are planning to add
a children’s room and a
Christian section soon,” he
said.
In the back of the store
one will find a couch that
encourages staying a while
and reading one of the
wonderful finds the store
has.
Out front they have
added outdoor tables with
chairs for use on nicer
days.
A counter with coffee
and tea selections has been
added with a newly con-
structed bar for customers
to use.
The book store also of-
fers internet for its patrons.
“Our law enforcement,
firefighters and teacher
get free coffee, tea or hot
chocolate in appreciation
for all they do,” Golieb
said.
“That’s just a little thing
I can do for them,” he said.
In an earlier interview
for The Baker County
Press, McCarty claimed
that those complaints were
hand-picked by county
investigators and that only
one of those complaining
neighbors still lived in the
area.
During that interview,
McCarty also pointed to
the fact that past County
Commissioner Carl Stiff,
who served on the board of
commissioners at the time
the legal dispute arose, and
County Counselor Dan Van
Thiel, the attorney trying
the case for the county,
both live near the McCarty
property. Additionally,
McCarty mentioned that
Stiff and partner Joe Rudi
had established a housing
development project in
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Turn the Page Used Books has reopened after undergoing renovations.
Golieb’s vision is to
create an inviting destina-
tion place where people
can come and relax and
read, have a cup of coffee
or tea if they wish.
There are some big plans
in the works that would
include featuring local
authors.
Of course there is still
much planning to do and
nothing is solid yet.
Golieb is just bouncing
around ideas trying to put
together the right combina-
tion that will be both fun
and successful.
“We’d love to eventu-
ally have something where
we featured local authors
like once a month, charge a
fee for the evening maybe
serve some wine and
snacks. Give out copies of
the featured author’s book,
let the author tell the back
story to the book. Most
book jackets might have
some info but it’s not the
same as having the author
right there in front of you
telling you the reason
behind the book. I think it
could be really exciting.
There are some amazing
back stories to some of
these books it is just unbe-
lievable. I am going to be
starting for sure what I call
‘Too Good To Be Trues-
days,’ where everything
will be 75% off of what it
originally was and I’d love
to do a community discus-
sion group maybe every
other week, let different
people choose the topics.”
Turn the Page has a
wonderful display of really
old books and they have
uniquely repurposed the
spines of old falling apart
the area. Both facts were
seen by McCarty as pos-
sible conflicts of interest
and motivation for the
County to interpret the
zoning ordinance against
the interests of Columbia
Basin Helicopter operating
in that area.
The County argued that
even though the land use
ordinance allows farm use
in the Rural Residential
zone the county itself has
the ability to enforce and
interpret that ordinance.
The County however, was
unable to show in court
that the use of helicopters
in farming is not a gener-
ally accepted agricultural
practice.
The evidence presented
by McCarty during tes-
timony showed that his
use of the helicopters is
seasonal and coincides
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Owner Steve Golieb offers free drinks to law
enforcement, teachers and firefighters in his stor
books into bookmarks and
covers of old worn out
books into clever post-
cards.
They also have some
pretty interesting tables
made out of old spools us-
ing old books as supports.
Any booklover will find
Turn The Page Used Books
a comfortable home away
from home to lose them-
selves for a while enjoying
the splendid repurposing
of all things books and
searching through the
expansive inventory to find
that one special treasure.
In the short time that
Steve and Crystal have
had the book store he has
been pleasantly surprised
by how well they are doing
“Either people didn’t know
it was here before for
whatever reason and those
that were previous patrons
of the store are really
happy with the changes.”
Discover or rediscover
this Baker City business
Tuesday through Thursday
from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. and
Friday and Saturday from
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
They are closed Sundays
and Mondays.
The store can also
be reached by phone at
541.508.3155 and has a
Facebook page.
McCarty victorious in lawsuit
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THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 3
with farm use.
Also working in McCar-
ty’s favor the fact that not
long after he’d purchased
the five acres in 1994 and
an additional six acres in
1997, the County permit-
ted him to construct a large
agricultural building on the
property for the purpose of
housing farm animals and
storing farm use equip-
ment.
After approving the
building and after McCarty
made the investment to
construct the building, the
county then interpreted
the land use ordinance to
not include a commercial
helicopter aerial spraying
business.
Judge Pahl determined
that flights to and from
the McCarty property are
regulated by the Federal
Aviation Administration
(FFA) and that McCarty
was in compliance with
FAA requirements.
Judge Pahl entered a de-
cision within one sentence,
“Based upon the Oregon
law and the credible facts
at trial, this Court will find
in favor of Respondent
(McCarty) and he is not in
violation of County land
use laws.”
Judge Pahl did not how-
ever award attorney fees to
McCarty, which are quite
substantial considering the
nearly half-decade duration
of the legal dispute.
McCarty did not
disclose the amount he’s
spent on legal fees but
admitted that it was into
the hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
Baker County retains the
right to appeal the court
decision.
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